2026 Cynthia Rosenzweig: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	108	956	912	582	551	461	66475
Environmental Sciences	110	193	181	89	82	450	69744
Biology and Biochemistry	105	1172	1044	694	606	390	67586

Cynthia Rosenzweig publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cynthia Rosenzweig sits on this spectrum.

41 publications 687+

This scientist: 450 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Cynthia Rosenzweig D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cynthia Rosenzweig sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 110 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
2015 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2001 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1996 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)

Overview

Cynthia Rosenzweig is affiliated with the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions spanning several related subfields and topics.

The main fields of study in their work include:

Environmental Science
Agricultural and Biological Sciences

The subfields of study they have engaged with include:

Global and Planetary Change
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Sociology and Political Science
Environmental Engineering

Research topics covered in their publications are:

Climate change impacts on agriculture
Climate variability and models
Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Climate Change and Health Impacts
Urban Heat Island Mitigation
Plant responses to elevated CO2
Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Cynthia Rosenzweig include:

Climate impacts on global agriculture emerge earlier in new generation of climate and crop models, 2021, Nature Food
Climate change responses benefit from a global food system approach, 2020, Nature Food
Narrowing uncertainties in the effects of elevated CO2 on crops, 2020, Nature Food
A regional nuclear conflict would compromise global food security, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Call for transparency of COVID-19 models, 2020, Science

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

Nature Food
Climatic Change
Communications Earth & Environment
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Science

Notable frequent coauthors with whom Cynthia Rosenzweig has published multiple papers include:

Alex C. Ruane
Erik Mencos Contreras
Jonas Jägermeyr
Carolyn Z. Mutter
William Solecki

Their book publications reflect contributions to climate change and urban resilience topics. These include:

Handbook of Climate Change and Agroecosystems, published by WORLD SCIENTIFIC (EUROPE) eBooks, 2021
Justice for Resilient Development in Climate-Stressed Cities, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2025
Planning, Urban Design, and Architecture for Climate Action, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2025
Our Warming Planet, World Scientific, 2021

Cynthia Rosenzweig has received several fellowships identifying professional recognition within scientific communities, including:

Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2015
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2006
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2001
Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), 1996

Best Publications

Fingerprints of global warming on wild animals and plants

Terry L. Root;Jeff T. Price;Kimberly R. Hall;Stephen H. Schneider

6353
Citations
Climate Change 2007 Synthesis report

Lenny Bernstein;Peter Bosch;Osvaldo Canziani;Zhenlin Chen

5331
Citations
Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Tarekegn Abeku;Pamela Abuodha;Francis Adesina;Neil Adger

3266
Citations
Potential impact of climate change on world food supply

Cynthia Rosenzweig;Martin L. Parry

2807
Citations
Effects of climate change on global food production under SRES emissions and socio-economic scenarios

M.L Parry;C Rosenzweig;A Iglesias;M Livermore

2727
Citations
Assessing agricultural risks of climate change in the 21st century in a global gridded crop model intercomparison

Cynthia Rosenzweig;Joshua Elliott;Joshua Elliott;Delphine Deryng;Alex C. Ruane;Alex C. Ruane

2542
Citations
Attributing physical and biological impacts to anthropogenic climate change

Cynthia Rosenzweig;David Karoly;Marta Vicarelli;Peter Neofotis

1853
Citations
Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events; Implications for Food Production, Plant Diseases, and Pests

Cynthia Rosenzweig;Ana Iglesias;X.B. Yang;Paul R. Epstein

1485
Citations
Uncertainty in Simulating Wheat Yields Under Climate Change

S. Asseng;F. Ewert;C. Rosenzweig;J. W. Jones

1459
Citations
Constraints and potentials of future irrigation water availability on agricultural production under climate change

Joshua Elliott;Delphine Deryng;Christoph Müller;Katja Frieler

1250
Citations
The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP): Protocols and Pilot Studies

C. Rosenzweig;C. Rosenzweig;J. W. Jones;J. L. Hatfield;A. C. Ruane;A. C. Ruane

1173
Citations
Global climate change and US agriculture

Richard M. Adams;Cynthia Rosenzweig;Robert M. Peart;Joe T. Ritchie

1125
Citations
Assessment of observed changes and responses in natural and managed systems

Cynthia Rosenzweig

1067
Citations
Climate impacts on global agriculture emerge earlier in new generation of climate and crop models

Jonas Jägermeyr;Jonas Jägermeyr;Jonas Jägermeyr;Christoph Müller;Alex C. Ruane;Joshua Elliott

862
Citations
Cities lead the way in climate–change action

Cynthia Rosenzweig;William Solecki;Stephen A. Hammer;Shagun Mehrotra

855
Citations
Increased crop damage in the US from excess precipitation under climate change

Cynthia Rosenzweig;Cynthia Rosenzweig;Francesco N. Tubiello;Richard Goldberg;Evan Mills

851
Citations
How Do Various Maize Crop Models Vary in Their Responses to Climate Change Factors

Simona Bassu;Nadine Brisson;Jean Louis Durand;Kenneth Boote

834
Citations
Climate change and world food security: a new assessment

Martin Parry;Cynthia Rosenzweig;Ana Iglesias;Günther Fischer

833
Citations
Brief History of Agricultural Systems Modeling

James W. Jones;John M. Antle;Bruno O. Basso;Kenneth J. Boote

750
Citations
Climate Change and the Global Harvest: Potential Impacts of the Greenhouse Effect on Agriculture

Cynthia E Rosenzweig;Daniel Hillel

711
Citations
Climate change, global food supply and risk of hunger

Martin Parry;Cynthia Rosenzweig;Matthew Livermore

703
Citations
Cabauw Experimental Results from the Project for Intercomparison of Land-Surface Parameterization Schemes

T.H. Chen;A. Henderson-Sellers;P.C.D. Milly;A.J. Pitman

453
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alex C. Ruane Goddard Institute for Space Studies

William Solecki City University of New York

James W. Jones University of Florida

Kenneth J. Boote University of Florida

Christian Hogrefe Environmental Protection Agency

Patrick L. Kinney Boston University

Bruno Basso Michigan State University

Christoph Müller Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Barry Lynn Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Radley M. Horton Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

External Links

Personal website of Cynthia Rosenzweig

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